Titles in Barron's extensive Painless Series cover a wide range of subjects as they are taught on middle school and high school levels. These books are written for students who find the subjects unusually difficult and confusing--or in many cases, just plain boring. Barron's Painless Series authors' main goal is to clear up students' confusion and perk up their interest by emphasizing the intriguing and often exciting ways in which they can put each subject to practical use. Most of these books take a light-hearted approach to their subjects, often employing humor, and always presenting fun-learning exercises that include puzzles, games, and challenging "Brain Tickler" problems to solve. This title defines algebraic terms, shows how to avoid pitfalls in calculation, presents painless methods for understanding and graphing equations, and makes problem-solving fun.

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Table of Contents:

Introduction

Chapter One: A Painless Beginning

Mathematical Operations
Zero
Order of Operations
Properties of Numbers
Number Systems

Chapter Two: The Integers

What Are the Integers?
Which Is Greater?
Adding Integers
Subtracting Integers
Multiplying Integers
Dividing Integers
What Sign Does the Answer Have?
Word Problems